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卫

wèi

guard

Simplified from 衛. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound. The 行 component was deleted for simplification.

Components
韋 sound,remnant component

韋  Sound Remnant component

wéi

  

(surround a city), tanned leather

Remnant of 韋, the sound component in 衛.

行 meaning,deleted component

行  Meaning Deleted component

xíng, háng

  

walk

Evolution

卫 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
卫 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
卫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
卫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卫 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
卫 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

卫 (衛) 

wèi

guard, protect, defend; to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet

卫 (衛) 

Wèi

surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces

Most common words with 卫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卫生

health

卫星

moon

大卫

David (name)

卫

to guard

保卫

to defend

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 40.0128% of movies

802nd most common character in movies

669th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

衛

Unicode

U+536B


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